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2. Coronary thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   This blood clot may then restrict blood flow within the heart, leading to heart tissue damage, or a myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. [1] Coronary thrombosis is most commonly caused as a downstream effect of atherosclerosis, a buildup of cholesterol and fats in the artery walls. The smaller vessel diameter allows less blood ...

3. Left ventricular thrombus - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] Typically the clot is a mural thrombus, meaning it is on the wall of the ventricle. [3] The primary risk of LVT is the occurrence of cardiac embolism, [1] [4] in which the thrombus detaches from the ventricular wall and travels through the circulation and blocks blood vessels. Blockage can be especially damaging in the heart or brain .

4. Thrombus - Wikipedia

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   Blood clot: Diagram of a thrombus (blood clot) that has blocked a vein valve: Specialty: Vascular surgery: Symptoms: abrupt change in mental status, chest pain, cramp-like feeling, fatigue, passing out , and swelling in the arm and/or leg: Complications: bleeding risks from taking anticoagulants, breathing problems, heart attacks, stroke: Duration

5. Does Medicare cover Watchman surgery? - AOL

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   AFib is a common heart rhythm disorder consisting of rapid and irregular heartbeats, which can lead to the formation of blood clots in the heart. These clots develop in a small pouch called the ...

6. Thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis) 'clotting') is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel (a vein or an artery) is injured, the body uses platelets (thrombocytes) and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss ...

7. Cardiovascular agents - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular agents are drugs that affect the rate and intensity of cardiac contraction, blood vessel diameters, blood volume, blood clotting and blood cholesterol levels. [1] They are indicated to treat diseases related to the heart or the vascular system (blood vessels), such as hypertension , hyperlipidemia , coagulation disorders , heart ...

8. Your biggest questions about strokes, answered - AOL

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   The most common treatment for ischemic stroke is injecting a medicine into a vein in your arm that breaks up blood clots. You must get to hospital within the first three hours of noticing symptoms ...

9. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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   Reperfusion therapy is a medical treatment to restore blood flow, either through or around, blocked arteries, typically after a heart attack (myocardial infarction (MI)). Reperfusion therapy includes drugs and surgery. The drugs are thrombolytics and fibrinolytics used in a process called thrombolysis.